Micro-Macro Labor Economics Conference

Date

Friday, Dec 06, 2024

Location

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

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Topics

Labor MarketsMacroeconomicsMonetary PolicyU.S. Economy

Friday, December 6, 2024

Welcoming Remarks

Speaker:

Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Vice President – Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Session 1

Session Chair:

Na’ama Shenhav, University of California – Berkeley

Path Dependence in the Labor Market: The Long-run Effects of Early Career Occupational Experience

Authors:

Jesse Bruhn, Brown University
Jacob Fabian, Brown University
Luke Gallagher, West Point
Matthew Gudgeon, Tufts University
Adam Isen, Johns Hopkins University
Aaron Phipps, West Point

Discussants:

Lisa Kahn, University of Rochester
Chris Taber, University of Wisconsin – Madison

How replaceable is a low-wage job?

Authors:

Evan K. Rose, University of Chicago
Yotam Shem-Tov, University of California – Los Angeles

Discussants:

Marta Lachowska, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Chris Huckfeldt, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Session 2

Session Chair:

Joan Monras, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, CREI, and BSE

Misallocative Growth

Authors:

Niklas Engbom, New York University

Discussants:

Chris Tonetti, Stanford University
Rasmus Lentz, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Keynote Speaker:

Magne Mogstad, The Gary S. Becker Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago

Session 3

Session Chair:

Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Assortative Matching and Wages: The Role of Selection

Authors:

Katarina Borovickova, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Robert Shimer, University of Chicago

Discussants:

Costas Meghir, Yale University
Philipp Kircher, Cornell University

Why do workers dislike Inflation? Wage Erosion and Conflict Costs

Authors:

Joao Guerreiro, University of California – Los Angeles
Jonathon Hazell, London School of Economics
Chen Lian, University of California – Berkeley
Christina Patterson, University of Chicago

Discussants:

Gizem Kosar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Hassan Afrouzi, Columbia University

Conference organizers:

Joan Monras, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, CREI, and BSE
Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Na’ama Shenhav, University of California – Berkeley